document.write( "Question 1207697: If 3 people can paint 2 rooms in 4 days, how many people are needed to paint 12 rooms in 6 days?
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document.write( "We want to solve the problem by writing a proportion.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    What quantity is the same to equate two sides of proportion ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "        - The rate of work is the same per day and per worker.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When 3 workers paint 2 rooms in 4 days, the rate of work is   =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "When x workers paint 12 rooms in 6 days, the rate of work is   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "These two rates of work we want to equate (since they are equal)\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this proportion,  x = 2*6 = 12 workers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  12 workers are needed.\r\n" );
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